Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Delaware for 2010

The Law Enforcement (LEO) payscale is the federal government payscale used to determine the salaries of over 70% of federal civilian employees.

Like the General Schedule (GS) Payscale, under the LEO payscale an employee's base pay depends on two factors - the LEO Paygrade of their job, and the Paygrade Step they have achieved (depending on seniority or performance). This base pay is then modified based on a "Locality Pay Adjustment", which adjusts the LEO payscale based on cost-of-living in different areas within the United States.

Delaware has one or more Locality Pay Adjustment areas with special locality pay adjustment rates. This page lists the locality-adjusted yearly LEO pay scales for each area, with starting pay for a LEO-1 broken down by county in the interactive map.

The PHILADELPHIA-READING-CAMDEN, PA-NJ-DE-MD General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Philadelphia and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 21.79% more than the GS base pay rates to account for local cost of living.

LEO Grade

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

Step 7

Step 8

Step 9

Step 10

LEO-3

$31,919

$32,805

$33,692

$34,579

$35,465

$36,352

$37,239

$38,125

$39,012

$39,898

LEO-4

$35,831

$36,826

$37,821

$38,816

$39,811

$40,806

$41,801

$42,796

$43,791

$44,786

LEO-5

$41,200

$42,313

$43,427

$44,540

$45,653

$46,766

$47,879

$48,992

$50,106

$51,219

LEO-6

$43,445

$44,686

$45,927

$47,168

$48,409

$49,650

$50,891

$52,132

$53,373

$54,614

LEO-7

$46,903

$48,282

$49,662

$51,042

$52,422

$53,802

$55,182

$56,562

$57,942

$59,321

LEO-8

$48,885

$50,413

$51,940

$53,467

$54,994

$56,522

$58,049

$59,576

$61,103

$62,631

LEO-9

$52,306

$53,993

$55,680

$57,367

$59,054

$60,740

$62,427

$64,114

$65,801

$67,487

LEO-10

$57,603

$59,462

$61,320

$63,179

$65,037

$66,896

$68,754

$70,613

$72,471

$74,330

The Philadelphia locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Dover, and other areas within the region.

Any federal employees in Delaware who do not live in an area for which a specific Locality Pay Adjustment has been set will receive the generic "Rest of the United States" locality pay adjustment of 14.16% (shown in the table below).

LEO Grade

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

Step 7

Step 8

Step 9

Step 10

LEO-3

$29,919

$30,750

$31,581

$32,412

$33,243

$34,074

$34,906

$35,737

$36,568

$37,399

LEO-4

$33,586

$34,519

$35,451

$36,384

$37,317

$38,249

$39,182

$40,115

$41,047

$41,980

LEO-5

$38,619

$39,663

$40,706

$41,749

$42,793

$43,836

$44,880

$45,923

$46,967

$48,010

LEO-6

$40,723

$41,886

$43,050

$44,213

$45,376

$46,540

$47,703

$48,866

$50,029

$51,193

LEO-7

$43,964

$45,258

$46,551

$47,844

$49,138

$50,431

$51,725

$53,018

$54,312

$55,605

LEO-8

$45,823

$47,254

$48,686

$50,117

$51,549

$52,981

$54,412

$55,844

$57,275

$58,707

LEO-9

$49,029

$50,611

$52,192

$53,773

$55,354

$56,935

$58,516

$60,097

$61,678

$63,259

LEO-10

$53,994

$55,736

$57,478

$59,221

$60,963

$62,705

$64,447

$66,189

$67,931

$69,673

The Rest of U.S. locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: and other areas within the region.